Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
::: CONSULTING EXPLORATION GEOLOGIST ::: As a Senior Professional Geologist and Technical Advisor with more than 25 years of extensive international experience I have established a solid history of providing leadership in regional project generation, target area selection, greenfields through advanced exploration, remote-area project management, and reporting. Respected as strategic partner, corporate consultant, confident spokesperson and thought leader; I have been credited for roles in initiating projects for major, junior, and private companies that secured multi-year funding, advancing complex projects, and evaluating potential acquisitions. In all aspects of exploration programs, I offer expertise in technical, regulatory, safety, and stakeholder administration and financial and professional resource utilization. I am skilled in assembling technical data and translating it into viable exploration strategies, plans of actions, and measurable results. Throughout my career, I have integrated geologic, geochemical, indicator mineral, and geophysical data to focus exploration in covered and weathered terranes, performing more than 4,400 days of project generation, field-based exploration, interpretive and reporting work over the previous 17 years as a Consulting Exploration Geologist, cultivating a culture focused on safety, preparation, and training in even the most challenging of environments. ::: COMMODITY & DEPOSIT TYPE EXPERTISE ::: ➨ Magmatic Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulfides, in mafic-ultramafic conduit intrusion settings. ➨ Reef and disseminated PGE in layered, Alaskan-Uralian type and other intrusions. ➨ Nickel laterites: Field and data evaluations. ➨ Orogenic/mesothermal gold, including iron formation-hosted gold; Epithermal gold. ➨ Uranium in unconformity, basement-hosted, and sedimentary basin environments. ➨ Fe-oxide-Cu-Au (IOCG). ➨ Sedimentary-hosted Zn-Pb-Ag. ➨ Volcanic-hosted massive sulfides. ➨ Potash (KCl) solution mining targets in deep basins.
SELECT PROJECTS: MMG Limited: - Regional Ni-sulfide project generation and targeting, N. America; resulted in 5-year funding of reconnaissance through drilling program. Bayswater Uranium Corp./Northern Canadian Uranium Inc.: - Integrated geoscientific targeting, reconnaissance and drilling for basement-hosted uranium, E. Athabasca. Culminating report secured JV partner. Pacific Coast Nickel Corp.: - Integrated geoscientific compilation, Uruguay. Identified Ni-sulfide targets; exploration permits acquired. Kaminak Gold Corp.: -Regional Ni-sulfide project generation and targeting, Quebec. Defined Ni-Cu sulfides and justified staking. Culminated in JV partner funding airborne magnetic-EM survey, resulting in 5 drillable properties. -Regional well log interpretation for solution-mining potash (KCl). Client confirmed mineralization, acquired leases and successfully secured JV partner. Jinshan Gold Mines Inc.: -Regional targeting for Au and Cu, reconnaissance, and permit acquisition, Xinjiang, China. -Geologic modeling of Jinbaoshan PGE-Ni deposit, Yunnan, China; integrated with resource model to enable economics decision. -China-scale targeting and field evaluations for Ni-PGE. Rio Narcea Gold Mines: -Advised on regional program and Ni-PGE prospects, Portugal. Delivered Ni-PGE course to Rio Narcea geologists and managers. WMC Resources: -Targeted and drilled for Ni-sulfides under Paleozoic cover, Midwestern US. -Regional geological–geophysical-geochemical interpretation and field work identified new age of Ni-Cu sulfides, Nunavik, Canada. Ursa Major Minerals: -Regional compilation, targeting and drilling for PGE, Wyoming, USA. -Geologic model, Shakespeare Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit, Ontario, helped focus exploration, definition and test production. Early career roles as Senior Project Geologist, Western Mining Corp., Consulting Geologist, Callahan Mining Corp., and Geologist, Exxon Minerals Co.